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Attendants lit candles to remember the victims of some of the nation’s most recent deadly shootings, including the officers killed in Dallas, Texas.

"There is no way to get around realizing all the things that are happening in the world today, and really in the past few months,” Language School student Eleni Temos said. “I can't do anything (that) seems to, like, really help besides say a prayer and show support."

Mark Hughes, co-founder of the racial equality group Justice for All, said the Dallas tragedy is a painful reminder of the racial and other inequalities throughout society and the American justice system.

He has a message for students wondering what, if anything, can be learned from the deaths.

"I think what we can learn from this is that it's possible for one person to create a distraction that could actually take away attention from the trajectory that we're on,” Hughes said.